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Life Summary

Name	Sir John Grenfell Crawford
Born	4 April, 1910 Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 October, 1984 (aged 74) Acton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Crawford, Jessie (wife) Wilson, Roland (work colleague) Coombs, Herbert Cole (work colleague) Bland, Henry Armand (work colleague) Brown, Allen Stanley (work colleague) Wheeler, Frederick Henry (work colleague) Arndt, Heinz Wolfgang (work colleague) Davidson, James Wightman (work colleague) Currie, Neil Smith (work colleague) Rattigan, Godfrey Alfred (colleague) Bunting, Edward John (colleague)
Education *	Bexley Public School (Sydney) (student, 1916-1920) Sydney Boys' High School (student, 1922-1927) University of Sydney (student, 1928-1939)
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1934-1942) New South Wales, Australia economist (1934-1942) New South Wales, Australia university vice-chancellor (1968-1973) Australian Capital Territory, Australia university chancellor (1976-1984) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Commonwealth Fund Fellowship (recipient, 1938) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1954) Farrer Memorial Medal (recipient, 1957) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1959) ANZAAS medal (recipient, 1971) Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan) (recipient, 1972) Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1978) Australian of the Year (recipient, 1981) Japan Foundation award (recipient, 1984)
Key Events *	Vernon Committee of Economic Inquiry, 1963-65 (deputy chairman)
Groups *	Seven Dwarfs ('dwarf')
Legacies *	Crawford Building (ANU) Crawford Fund Crawford School of Economics & Government (ANU) J. G. Crawford Prize (ANU) Sir John Crawford Lecture
Key Organisations *	Council on New Guinea Affairs (founding member) Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (president, 1958) Australian-American Association (ACT) (foundation president, 1960-1962) Australian Wool Industry Conference (chairman, 1962-1964) Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (president, 1967-1968) Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (chairman, 1971-1976) Development Bank of Papua and New Guinea (chairman, 1972-1974) Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (founder, 1982)
Workplaces *	Government Savings Bank of New South Wales (clerk, 1926-1927) Attorney-General's Dept (NSW) (public servant, 1928-1929) University of Sydney (fellowship, 1933-1935) University of Sydney (academic, 1934-1942) Workers' Educational Association (NSW) (tutor, 1934-1942) Rural Bank of New South Wales (economic adviser, 1935-1944) Dept of War Organization of Industry (Fed) (rural adviser, 1942-1943) Dept of Post-War Reconstruction (Federal) (director of research, 1943-1945) Bureau of Agricultural Economics (federal) (director, 1945-1950) Dept of Commerce (Federal) (departmental head, 1950-1956) Dept of Trade (Federal) (departmental head, 1956) Australian National University (director, RSPS, 1960-1967) Australian National University (vice-chancellor, 1968-1973) University of Papua New Guinea (chancellor, 1972-1975) Australian National University (chancellor, 1976-1984)

* Dates are approximate